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Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 1938
Description: A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge.
Book or Pamphlet

International Models D-2 and D-5 Delivery Trucks

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure for International Models D-2 and D-5 delivery trucks. Features an image of man unloading tank from delivery truck owned by the Liquid ...
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Factory Worker Using Hydraulic Riveter

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker using a Hannifin hydraulic riveter on a frame assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
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Applying Top Dressing to Used Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Mechanic reconditioning a used truck at an International Harvester dealership(?). The man is applying top dressing to the roof of the truck.
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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Buster Bottling Co.

Date: 1938
Description: A McCormick-Deering cooler at the Buster Bottling Company. A worker with a "Drink Orange Crush" hat is moving soda bottles to a crate.
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Buster Bottling Co.

Date: 1938
Description: Workers packaging bottles of soda into crates, some of which are labeled "Orange Crush." A McCormick-Deering cooler is standing nearby. Original caption st...
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Parmlee Bottling Works

Date: 1938
Description: Workers packing bottles (possibly of soda) near a McCormick-Deering ten-can cooler at Parmlee Bottling Works.
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Washing Cylinder Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "A Blakeslee washing machine for washing cyli...
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T-20 TracTracTor with Killefer Rotary Fresno

Date: 1938
Description: A man operating an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at a construction site for a new school. Original captions states: "Board of Education, City...
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Duplex Hole-Digging Machine

Date: 1938
Description: Three men - one in work clothes and the other two men wearing suits and hats - looking down into a hole near an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tra...
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DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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Big Rock Stone & Material Company Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands on the back of an International truck used by the Big Rock Stone & Material Company. The advertisement on the side of the truck features an il...
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Woman on Truck with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A woman stands on the running board of an International D-40 truck to feed a captive giraffe in transport. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of th...
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Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
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Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Two men stand to the rear of a 44-foot fishing boat marked Frank Braeger. The boat was owned by Julius Detlaff and powered by an International PD-80...
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Beckman Incorporated Truck and Building

Date: 1938
Description: International D-50 truck with an International power unit loaded on the bed. The truck is parked in a dirt lot in front of Beckman Incorporated Contractors...
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Dancing Ojibwa

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man on a platform dancing for spectators. The dancer is wearing a feather war bonnet, leather vest, arm band, fringed buckskin leggings, moccasin...
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Ojibwa Dancer

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man in on a stage dancing for spectators. The man is wearing a feather war bonnet, a beaded apron, leather moccasins, and ankle bells. An Ojibwa ...
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Green Bay Harbor

Date: 1938
Description: View from railroad bridge of the harbor at Green Bay. On the other side of the harbor, there are many industrial buildings, including Northern Paper Mills,...

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